The World Asteroidea Database - Pentaceros modestus Gray, 1866

Asteroidea name details

Pentaceros modestus Gray, 1866

AphiaID

378529 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378529)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonym according to Doderlein (1936))

Accepted Name

Protoreaster nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Pentaceros Gray, 1840 accepted as Oreaster Müller & Troschel, 1842

Orig. name

Pentaceros modestus Gray, 1866

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1866). Synopsis of the Species of Starfish in the British Museum (with figures of some of the new species). 18 pp., 16 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11715486
page(s): 6 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Pentaceros modestus Gray, 1866. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378529 on 2024-04-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-23 04:29:04Z

created

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

Sources (1)

original description Gray, J.E. (1866). Synopsis of the Species of Starfish in the British Museum (with figures of some of the new species). 18 pp., 16 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11715486
page(s): 6 [details]